A Design for Dying
1961, Japanese. Directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura.
Shikiko Oba is nimble with her fingers and teaches dressmaking and designing. Among her pupils are Rinko, Katsumi and Tomie. Ginshiro, who is as shrewd as the shrewdest of the older generation of dyed-in-the-wool Osaka businessmen, steps into picture and Shikiko soon feels that he is indispensable to her. But the advent of a man in their midst breaks up the harmony that has existed among the four women, as gradually he forces himself on them with promises of love.
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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Cast & crew
- Kōzaburō YoshimuraDirector
- Machiko KyōShikiko Oba
- Junko KanoKatsumi Tsubota
- Tamao NakamuraTomie Oki
- Ayako WakaoRinko Tsugawa
- Jirō TamiyaGinshiro Yashiro
- Masayuki MoriProfessor Shiraishi
- Taketoshi NaitōKeita Nomoto
- Eiji FunakoshiHideo Sone
- Kazuko MiyakawaYoko Shirakawa
- Hiromi IchidaModel B
- Mitsuko TanakaWaitress
- Noriko HodakaNurse
Details
- Released
- 28 June 1961
- Original title
- 女の勲章
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Kaneto Shindō
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A Design for Dying runs 110 minutes (1h 50m).
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A Design for Dying isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 28 June 1961. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed A Design for Dying?
A Design for Dying (1961) was directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura and stars Machiko Kyō, Junko Kano, Tamao Nakamura.